Latest New Orleans flooding videos and updates

A yet unknown number of vehicles and properties flooded when up to 8 inches of rain fell across the New Orleans area Saturday (Aug 5). Above is a compilation of raw video showing some of the worst flooding in several parts of the city.

Video by Aaron Fisher, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

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Less than 250 without power early Sunday

Less than 250 Entergy customers remained without power in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish early Sunday (Aug. 6). Thousands of people had lost power during Saturday's heavy rains.

The largest remaining outage included 61 customers in St. Roch in New Orleans. The company said equipment in an utility pole was broken and estimated power would be restored by 6 a.m. Sunday.

With emergency officials reporting that some parts of New Orleans still had between 2 and 3 feet of standing water as of late Saturday night, some residents were wondering why the water is going down so slowly.A reader using the commenting name "liveoak" posted this message on NOLA.com: "We live in Lakeview near Canal Blvd. and Harrison Ave. It is almost 11 P.M. and the water has not receded one inch. It is like we are stranded on an island."

Another reader, who used the name "downtown jmb" and gave a location as Mid-City, posted: "10:39pm and water is 2 inches lower than it was at 6p.m."

Sewerage and Water Board officials have said the city pumps were running throughout the rain Saturday and would continue to run. They said the system was designed to handle one inch of rain during the first hour and half-an-inch every hour after, but was overwhelmed by the large amounts that fell during a few hours Saturday.

The city said nearly 8 inches fell in Mid-City, with other areas getting about five inches. That water also flows to the lower parts of the city. Some of those areas are in a flash flood warning the National Weather Service extended until 2 a.m. for the triangle formed by the loop of Interstates 10 and 610.

Flash flood warning extended to 2 a.m. for parts of New Orleans; some have 3 feet of standing water

A flash flood warning that was set to expire at 11 p.m. has been extended until 2 a.m. Sunday for parts of New Orleans, including areas of Mid-City, the 7th Ward, Gentilly, the Fairgrounds area and Bayou St. John.

The notice came as city pumps continued to catch up with heavy rains -- nearly 8 inches in some parts -- that fell Sarturday and flooded large parts of the city. The National Weather Service said at 10:43 p.m., the city's Emergency Management reported many streets over Mid-City still have 2 to 3 feet of water. Water will be slow to recede.

The warning extension applies to parts of the city located mostly within the triangle formed by Interstates 10 and 610. A flood warning was allowed to expire at 11 p.m. for areas north of I-610 and west of the I-10 Carrollton Avenue overpass.

The noticed urged motorists to turn around if they ran into standing water. "Don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding," the notice said.

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Neither flood, nor rain...

Neither flood, nor rain -- evidently -- kept this New Orleanian from his drink at Bayou Beer and Garden in Mid-City. The photo was posted online by Walter Jacobsen as heavy rain fell Saturday afternoon.

"This afternoon, you pulled up Bayou Beer Garden in your kayak just to grab a cold one. You sir, are the man of my dreams. You're not the kind of guy who just throws in the towel on perfectly good day off. No! You're the kinda man that grabs the bull by the horns and carpes the s--- out of the diem. Have that beer baby. You deserve it. While airbnbers cower in their shotguns, awaiting word from the national guard, you sir, glide through the streets like a gondolier in the canals of Venice; a beacon of hope and comfort during these post K times. I don't care where you may be from because you are a true New Orleanian and a real man! Your photo will go down in infamy. And when it does, remember who truly loved you first. This girl. Oh, and is that a mullet? Sexy."